Community Change

I love Community Change. The work they do to end racism is important and powerful. They’re also respectful of things like preferred pronouns and making sure that everyone has a say. They have one of (if not) the largest anti-​racism library in the country and it’s under-​used. Check out their events through their Facebook page or the Boston Knapsack Anti-​Racism Group.
(One bad note: the doorway may not be wide enough for all wheelchairs.)

This is a fantastic space for learning and activism. If you are interested in the work of anti-​racism, come here.

Anti-​racist work, a sweet video and conventional library, and a space for social justice work and activism? Hellz yeah, I’m there.
Community Change Inc. is a non-​profit organization dedicated to doing anti-​racist work around Boston and beyond. I’ve been to a couple of their events, including the launch of their rapid-​response team. The people involved in CCI are always thoughtful, interesting, and passionately committed to stamping out racism. They are a pretty diverse crowd, too.
The actual offices downtown, in an old building across from the State House, are sweet in the way that only old, tiny buildings pregnant with JUSTICE can be. The bathrooms are all locked, but you can open them with any key you have. The elevator has one of those little hands that moves across an arch to tell you what floor it’s on.
CCI’s offices are tiny and most visitors aren’t going to see much of the operations of the place. The biggest reason to come check out CCI is the awesome library they have of anti-​racist organizing and theory books and tapes. The library isn’t huge, physically, but CCI’s staff has managed to cram a LOT of books in here by using unrealistically tall bookshelves. If I have trouble getting something off of the shelf, you know it’s TOO HIGH.
If you’re looking for the opportunity to do some serious social change, CCI is a great place to go.